The Seeger Family  - annotated selected bibliography

Booth, Mark W. American Popular Music: A Reference Guide.
     Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
      A good general guide with listings for Pete and Mike.

Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers.
     New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1981. 
      A general source with basic biographical information and a
      good works list.

Core, Lucia. "Charles Seeger (1886-1979): Music, Musicology and
     Society." Unpublished Paper (FMc 9). University of North
     Carolina at Greensboro, 1983.
      An excellent study of the life of Charles. She gets into   
      detail about his theories and thinking. The scope of this  
      paper is broad, and quite thorough. Good bibliography.

Coser, Lewis and Howe, Irving. The American Communist Party:
      A Critical History (1919-1957) Boston: Beacon Press, 1957.
      A good overview of the early stages and development of the
      American Communist Party. A must for understanding the     
      political mindset of America in the early decades of this  
      century.

Cowell, Henry, editor. American Composers on American Music.
     Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1933; reprint
     ed., New York: Frederick Ungar, 1962.
      A standard book of its era; brief descriptive biographies  
      of Charles and Ruth. The point of view is obviously biased.

Dunaway, David. How Can I Keep From Singing: Pete Seeger. New
     York: McGraw Hill, 1981.
      The best source on Pete Seeger. Dunaway is a thoughtful and
      accurate writer with an obvious familiarity with his       
      subject matter. Contains a complete bibliography and       
      discography.

Dunaway, David. "Charles Seeger and Carl Sands: The Composers'
     Collective Years." Ethnomusicology 24 (May 1980): 159-68.
      An excellent interview. One of the few pieces that give a  
      true sense of Charles Seeger, the man.

Gaume, Matilda. Ruth Crawford Seeger: Memoirs, Memories, Music.
     Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1986.
      The authoritative biography of Ruth. An excellent piece of
      writing, with a complete work list and bibliography.

Reuss, Richard. "Folk Music and Social Conscience: The Music
     Odyssey of Charles Seeger." Western Folklore 38 (October
     1979): 221-38.

Seeger, Pete. The Incompleat Folksinger. New York: Simon and
     Schuster, 1972.
      Pete's own writings, scattered over the course and travels
      of his life. The source for getting a true sense of what   
      makes Pete tick. Contains valuable references to his       
      family, including Elizabeth Cotten.

Seeger, Charles. Studies in Musicology, 1935-1975. Berkeley:
     University of California Press, 1977. 
      A valuable collection of selected writings by Charles. A   
      variety of topics are covered, revealing the diversity of  
      his interests.

Strambler, Irwin and Landon, Grellun. The Encyclopedia of Folk,
     Country and Western Music. New York: St. Martin's Press,
     1983.
      An unexpected valuable source of information on all of the
      Seeger children. Especially good biographies on Mike and   
      Peggy, which were hard to locate anywhere else.

The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 4 vols. Edited by
     H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan,
     1986.
      The definitive source for all American Music. Contains     
      thoughtful biographies on all of the Seegers, contributed 
      by their major biographers. Contains a short entry for     
      Elizabeth Cotten, the only encyclopedia to do so.

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